Man cave!

[Steve H]

Y'all never tried a hottub in February in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin or the Dakotas huh? Go from a hottub to two feet or more of snow and back into the hottub. It's great. Side note, I do this at others people's houses. I'd never own one.

Hot tubs in the winter are awesome!

 

[Steve H]

A little Fathers day gift! I've always wanted one of these.

15 amp. Two speed 13"planer. With mobile stand, infeed and outfeed tables. Extra set of knifes, and a Wixey digital display.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice . That should have the auto lock on it to . Mines manual , and I have to unlock the head for adjustment . No biggie , but the automatic would be nice .
You'll like that , but if you have never used one be careful . I always like to get the table above waist height for kick back reasons . I also try to stand off to the side .
There's an in feed and an out feed roller on those . The piece needs to be long enough to catch the out feed roller before it leaves the in feed .

 

[Steve H]

Nice . That should have the auto lock on it to . Mines manual , and I have to unlock the head for adjustment . No biggie , but the automatic would be nice .
You'll like that , but if you have never used one be careful . I always like to get the table above waist height for kick back reasons . I also try to stand off to the side .
There's an in feed and an out feed roller on those . The piece needs to be long enough to catch the out feed roller before it leaves the in feed .

Yup. It has an autolock. I've used planers before. Just never owned one. The shortest planks I'll be planing are 24". For noodle and cutting boards. This'll give me room if I get any snipe. Now I'm waiting for parts for sawdust/chip collection.

 

[zwiller]

Congrats! Enjoy the clean floor while it lasts

 

[Steve H]

Congrats! Enjoy the clean floor while it lasts

They do make a mess! This has a chip ejection blower on it that supposed to do a good job at reducing the mess.

 

[chopsaw]

This has a chip ejection blower on it that supposed to do a good job at reducing the mess.

I run a 1100 cfm dust collector all piped in 4" spiral duct , with a dual stage collection can .
Big stuff falls into the can , fine dust goes into the vac bag .

I've run the planer off both .

Neck down 2 1/2 adapter for a shop vac .

You won't get much if any mess if you hook a vac to it .
I also have a second stage setup for the shop vac .
What parts are you waiting on ?

 

[Steve H]

I run a 1100 cfm dust collector all piped in 4" spiral duct , with a dual stage collection can .
Big stuff falls into the can , fine dust goes into the vac bag .
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I've run the planer off both .
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Neck down 2 1/2 adapter for a shop vac .
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You won't get much if any mess if you hook a vac to it .
I also have a second stage setup for the shop vac .
What parts are you waiting on ?

With this planer. Using a shop vac isn't recommended. According to what I've read. Because it'll over come it. I have the 4"flex line and clamps. Waiting for the 30 micron bag and mount for it. I'll still get dust in the air. But I use a mask.

 

[Steve H]

Which model # Dewalt do you have?

 

[chopsaw]

Using a shop vac isn't recommended.

Yeah , I just went and looked. Has the blower system . You said that but I wasn't sure what that was .
I see it has the bag that goes right on the machine .
I have a 30 micron on my dust collector . Not much notable dust in the air .
That should work great . I bet you don't see much dust . It will tell the story when you fire i up and see how much the bag inflates .

Which model # Dewalt do you have?

Mines a DW734 .

 

[Steve H]

Yeah , I just went and looked. Has the blower system . You said that but I wasn't sure what that was .
I see it has the bag that goes right on the machine .
I have a 30 micron on my dust collector . Not much notable dust in the air .
That should work great . I bet you don't see much dust . It will tell the story when you fire i up and see how much the bag inflates .


Mines a DW734 .
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Ran it over the weekend. Blows up the bag nicely. And hardly any dust that I could see. And very little chips. Nice unit!

 

[chopsaw]

And hardly any dust that I could see

Good . I don't see much out of my system . I'll get just a bit when the bag first inflates .
I have an overhead exhaust fan that keeps the air pretty clean , but also setup a box fan to help .
Made a frame and screwed it to the fan .

Left enough room to slide in a furnace filter .

Actually works pretty good . I run the fan so it draws through the filter first .

 

[02ebz06]

Nice planer!!!
I made an extension table of Corian for the one I had.
It was 6' long.
Just slid it in.
It had a couple horizontal bars on the bottom that would drop down past the ends of the existing tables and would hold it in place.
Was a lot easier doing longer pieces and didn't have to worry about any falling on floor.

 

[Elf@shore]

Hot tubs in the winter are awesome!

Back in the day I got a used Hot Tub.
Put it on the back deck.
Remember having a snow storm and jumping in it , topped off with a nice cold beer.
Watching the stars on a clear night.
It’s gone now along with the old deck!
Got a nice new pool with a new deck.
Trying to open it up now.
Draining water out of the winter cover
Lost a lot of water!
Hope to get it running in the next few days.

 

[Steve H]

Good . I don't see much out of my system . I'll get just a bit when the bag first inflates .
I have an overhead exhaust fan that keeps the air pretty clean , but also setup a box fan to help .
Made a frame and screwed it to the fan .
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Left enough room to slide in a furnace filter .
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Actually works pretty good . I run the fan so it draws through the filter first .
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That's a neat idea! And I have a box fan laying around too!

 

[Steve H]

24x24x5/8" This is going to be a cooktop cover for the RV. Started with 2x1x3/4 strips of maple, walnut, and cherry. Ripped in half. Glued up in two pieces 12"wide so the planer could plan it. Then planed to 5/8". Glued together with biscuits.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

24x24x5/8" This is going to be a cooktop cover for the RV. Started with 2x1x3/4 strips of maple, walnut, and cherry. Ripped in half. Glued up in two pieces 12"wide so the planer could plan it. Then planed to 5/8". Glued together with biscuits.

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Nice work, Steve. Looks great!

 

[Steve H]

Nice work, Steve. Looks great!

Thanks Charles!

 

[Steve H]

A couple projects done!

The thing on the left is a platform for our portable ac in the rv. Raising it makes it easier to drain the condensate. The cooktop cover ended up getting stained. And got three coats of poly. The cutting board with its first application of Howards. I'm now working on a bigger, better work bench. The one you see the stuff on was thrown together. And the surface is far from flat! I'm going to use it for the bandsaw I have coming. The bench top is planed 2x4's 26"deep. And 60"wide. And 1 1/4"thick. Later, I'll put a piece of 3/4"hardwood plywood on it. And trim the perimeter.

 

[Gonna Smoke]

Nice looking projects, Steve!

I'll put a piece of 3/4"hardwood plywood on it. And trim the perimeter.

My dad's hobby was woodworking. His bench was the same as yours with the ¾" plywood glued on top of the 2x4s. He didn't want any nail or screw heads exposed. Going to be a nice bench...